Tears pooling in his cat-eyes as he felt his heart breaking, he turned around to leave, and bumped into someone.

"Magnus!" Came a familiar voice, but he didn't care, and bypassing the person he rushed to the exit.
Just as he exited the bar a hand grabbed his hand stopping him. "Magnus! Wait!"

He tried to free his hand but couldn't, and sighing turned to face the girl who looked so much like his beloved Alec. "What do you want Isabelle?" He asked not bothering to stop the tears, making her gasp.

"You saw…" She muttered and he laughed mirthlessly in response.

"Is that all you have to say? Is that why you stopped me? To check if I just saw the love of my life be happily in love with someone else?" His voice broke and he bit back a sob. "Let me go…" He muttered.

"NO! Magnus wait, please listen to me!"

"You listen to me!" He hissed, his eyes burning, blue sparks leaving his fingertips. "Enough! I'm tired of Shadowhunters always using me! I'm not just a toy for you to pass the time!" He tried to free his hand again, more sparks flying, this time landing on her skin and burning her, making her flinch, but she still didn't let go.

"Magnus…"

His energy died down and he slumped against the wall, not caring anymore. "I thought he was different…" He sobbed, and seeing he's not going anywhere, Izzy let him go at last. He covered his face with his hands curling in on himself.

Suddenly he felt a pair of arms hugging him and heard Izzy whispering. "It's not real… It's a mission."

He looked up at her through blurry eyes. "W-hat…?"

"Alec didn't betray you…" she said wiping his tears away. "He had to pretend for a mission…"

"Really?"

"Of course. I thought you knew him better than that, High Warlock." She smiled reassuringly to him.

"I did… I do… But…"

She hugged him again. "I know…. I'm sorry you had to see that. We should have told you, but Alec wanted to protect you… we never imagined you'd see."

~o~

Magnus went home and lied down on the couch waiting for his Nephilim to return. Sensing his distress, Chairman Meow ran up to him, jumping on his chest. Magnus sighed petting the tiny feline behind the ears. "That was too close Meow…" He said. "I almost…"

All the sorrow and pain was dulled after Isabelle's words, but the longer he stayed there alone, waiting for Alec who was running late, it turned into, (groundless, he knew) anger and jealousy.

Finally he heard the keys on the door and got up.

Alec stumbled inside trying to be quiet, looking really bad. It wasn't his outward appearance. That was perfect as always. But Magnus knew him well enough after all this time to see he was a mess just from the look in his blue eyes. They weren't sparkling as usual, but were dull with fear and guilt instead, and he could see conflict raging behind them.

"Alexander." He said to get his attention, and Alec flinched, turning to look at him, his eyes wide with surprise.

~o~